As we air kiss Fashion Week farewell, we’re left with metaphorical scraps of film on the electronic-cutting-room floor. What to do with footage of an awesome scarf made out of rubber bands and pearls, or the unintelligible harlequin, or the body painter? Montage! See you in the spring, dahlings. Mwah, mwah.
Do you ever feel like you’re being watched? This was the feeling I experienced while scanning the Fashion Week crowd for likely interviewees. Then, out of nowhere, Esther Nash appeared and told me she was leaving so I wouldn’t be able to interview her. Um, okay, “would you like to be interviewed now?” I asked. And thank goodness I did, or I wouldn’t have realized some people around me weren’t wearing underwear (ew) or have collected empirical evidence that fabulousness and modesty occur in inversely proportional quantities. Science can thank me later.
At Fashion Week there are people who have poor judgment, people who are mean, PR people who suddenly whisk you upstairs to plug their employer’s sky-thingy and people who are totally genuine and won’t deal with scales of any kind. In the latter category, we humbly submit Tina Chai, who was feeling nautical that day.
Once you get people at Fashion Week talking about their clothes, it’s very difficult to get them to stop. When you dressed yourself today, did you think to yourself, I want to combine elements of David Bowie, Michael Jackson, anime, mythology, the Wicked Witch of the West and a frisson of dead cop? Or, like us, did you think, I’m going to try and find something that’s clean?
Greetings, fashion mortals. Bow down, for we have brought you the gift of style from Mount Olympus in Bryant Park. Learn from these fashion deities from Spring 2010 Fashion Week. First up, a branded “up-and-coming designer” who describes her style as chameleon. Scaly reptiles are the new black, or something.
It’s raining and gross outside, which for Fashion Week attendees, means altering your ensemble to dress accordingly. This fearless fella (clearly a model) decided he wanted everyone to see his tighty-whities, rain be damned. We asked him where he got the suit, and he proudly exclaimed, “Sears!”
Our street-fashion photographer Mister Mort snaps British model Agyness Deyn, the woman who proves what a short haircut can do for you, in this installment of our look at what New Yorkers are wearing.
And since we’re New Yorkers, and unhealthily competitive, we want to know who can dress themselves the best. Is it Deyn? Or are Nemo, Player et al. challenging her to a sartorial smackdown? Check out the new pictures here and then come back to have your say based on one photo of Deyn and a whole lotta civic pride.
We have been poring over the recent additions to our street fashion slide show, and we’re concerned by the lack of color and élan in the youth of today. Get some tips from New Yorkers in the prime of their lives over here.
The hottest accessory on the streets right now is two wheels, whether you’re rocking a suit or simply what you wore yesterday. We’ve also spotted the emergence of a nu-rave aesthetic among New York’s seniors. Get your fashion pointers from the sidewalk with our latest edition of Street Fashion.
Should your shorts stop before your jacket? Do the stripes on your hat have to go with the stripes on your shirt? Do you have to be over 55 to pull off light-colored denim? Ponder all these questions and more in our latest edition of Street Fashion.
May we just say: Looking good, New York. We know it’s a tough season to dress for; one minute shorts seem like a good idea, and the next thing you know you’re having to rock plastic bags over your sneakers (and rocking them well, we might add).
We’ve added 14 new looks from the sidewalk to our street-fashion slide show, courtesy of Mister Mort. Sartorial pointers from this crop of budding fashionistas include: If you’re going to wear shorts, you’ve got to think hard about your socks; and if you must wear a fanny pack, work it into the outfit. Top marks to Josh (left) for scoring on both counts.
Sam in Greenpoint shows that a little bit of layering can make a Barbour jacket pop; Benny in Little Italy demonstrates the correct way to hold an umbrella at a rakish angle; and Charles in Hell’s Kitchen proves that the best accessory is a smile.
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Photographs: Mister Mort
